Word: phinney
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Nonetheless, Phinney says, although it may seem as if students who conduct summer thesis research have an unfair advantage, "it doesn't make a crucial difference" because "the people who will get summas will get them anyway...
...makes it easier for the student," says A.W. Phinney, the English Department's assistant head tutor for seniors. "They have a head start...
...largest drop-off occurs during junior year, but some students wait until later. The English Department's Assistant Head Tutor for Seniors A.W. Phinney says that approximately five seniors annually drop honors in September of their senior year, and two to five additional honors candidates drop their theses over the course of the year. The English Department currently has 87 honors seniors and 54 non-honors seniors, he adds...
...Phinney says seniors who drop honors often find the thesis work a burden and less interesting than other electives, but he adds that there are "not too many cases where they get into trouble with the thesis...
...Obviously there's a lot of frustration--things are getting more available, but there simply aren't enough courses," says Phinney, who wound up accepting three of the 30 undergraduates expressing a desire to enroll (one also got into Suleiman's course and opted for it instead). Unfortunately, Phinney has no immediate plans for an undergraduate lecture course on theory, let alone a smaller, more intense version of the kind Suleiman had originally planned. So those motivated to do so will continue to slug it out for spots in other courses. Those motivated and in the English Department will have...